Heroic Catholic Chaplains: Stories of the Brave and Holy Men Who Dodged Bullets While Saving Souls

Thomas J. Craughwell
TAN Books, 195 pages
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Anti-Catholic bigotry kept the sole priest-chaplain from ministering to the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, but priests have served as U.S. military chaplains ever since two Jesuits were so assigned during the War with Mexico in 1845. Craughwell’s book relates captivating stories of brave clergy who risked life and limb to provide spiritual care on the front lines, whether at the Gettysburg battlefield, along the Bataan Death March, aboard the USS Indianapolis, in Pyoktong prison, in Ky Son Valley, or on the streets of Mosul. Not all died doing so, but each demonstrated the biblical truth of “No greater love…” (Jn 15:13). A moving tribute.

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